14.7.2 Definition of Slum, Pavement, and Structure of hut

i) Slums shall mean those censused, or declared and notified, in the past or hereinafter under the Slum Act. Slum shall also mean area/pavement stretches hereinafter notified or deemed to be and treated as Slum Rehabilitation Areas.

ii) If any area fulfils the condition laid down in section 4 of the Slum Act, to qualify as slum area and has been censused or declared and notified shall be deemed to be and treated as Slum Rehabilitation Areas.

iii) Slum Rehabilitation area shall also mean any area declared as such by the SRA though preferably fulfilling conditions laid down in section 4 of the Slum Act, to qualify as slum area and/or required for implementation of any slum rehabilitation project. Any area

where a project under Slum Rehabilitation Scheme (SRS) has been approved by CEO, SRA shall be a deemed slum rehabilitation area.

iv) Any area required or proposed for the purpose of construction of temporary or permanent transit camps and so approved by the SRA shall also be deemed to be and treated as Slum Rehabilitation Areas, and projects approved in such areas by the SRA shall be deemed to be Slum Rehabilitation Projects.

v) A pavement shall mean any Municipal/Govt. /Semi-Govt. pavement, and shall include any viable stretch of the pavement as may be considered viable for the purpose of SRS.

vi) A structure shall mean all the dwelling area of a protected occupier as defined in Chapter I-B of Slums Act, and orders issued thereunder.

vii) A composite building shall mean a building comprising both rehab and free-sale components and part thereof in the same building.

viii) Censused shall mean those slums located on lands belonging to Govt., any undertaking of Govt., or Corporation and incorporated in the records of the land-owning authority as having been censused in 1976, 1980, or 1985 or prior to 1stJanuary, 1995, and 1stJanuary,